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PATENT OFFICE.

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Patent No. 280,924, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed April 9, 1883. (ModeLl .To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Fosrnn, of Richford, in the county ofFranklin and State of Vermont, have invented a new and ImprovedGong-Bell, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention consists in a double pull for nections extend in oppositedirections or at right angles to each other, so that the bell may beoperated from separate places.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

, Figure '1 is a front elevation of my improved gong-bell, with the bellpartially broken away, andFig. 2 is a face view of the mechanism.

A is a suitable base-plate, provided with a stud or post, a, thatreceives the pull B and the gong O. The pull B is formed with threearms, I) c d, projecting from a hub, 6, two of the arms, b c, projectingat opposite sides, having holes in their ends. for connection of theropes or wires, and the other arm, d, which projects at right angles toarms b c, is pro vided at its outer-end with a pivoted latch, f, foroperating the hammer.

g is the hammer, hung on a stud, h, and. having its tail portion i bentinto the path of lug f. 7c is a spring extending from the connection onthe hammer-arm tothe arm I), that is pro vided with a slot, Z, having anotched side for connection of the spring. The spring may be connectedin either of the notches to give more or less tension, as required. Bythis construcing off in opposite direction, and there may be a thirdarm, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.

2, for a connection at right angles. The one spring serves to returnboth the hammer and "will break first and prevent injury to the bell incase a train separates.

In order to exclude dust from the bearings, the plate A is formed withside flanges to receive a cap, m, which is held in place by a pinthrough stud 71, so that the cap can be easily removed to allow ofoiling.

This gong-bell is of very simple and inexpensive as well as durableconstruction.

, Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. Ina gong-bell, the rocking pull B, formed with twoor more arms for connection of a rope or wire, and a third arm foroperating the hammer, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of pull 13, formed with arms I) c d, the pivotedhammer g, and spring k, connecting the hammer to one of the arms of thepull, substantially-as described.

3. The combination of pull B, having an arm slotted and notched at Z,and the spring k, connected to the hammer-arm, substantially asdescribed. 7

' WILLIAM STUART FOSTER.

Witnesses J. H. Gnoss, J OHN H. CARPENTER.

